Coda and Catharsis: Exploring the Emotional Challenges and Coping of Junior Palliative Physicians Through Cinematic Reflection.

There has been little research on reflective tools for junior doctors, whom may have encountered challenges working in palliative care whereby grief and losses are high. This is a qualitative study aiming to firstly explore the emotional challenges of junior doctors and secondly whether the movie is an effective reflective tool. 32 junior doctors rotating through the palliative care unit were recruited and underwent a combined movie screening with a focus group discussion after.

A Qualitative Study on the Experiences and Reflections of Junior Doctors During a Palliative Care Rotation: Perceptions of Challenges and Lessons Learnt.

Context: Doctors caring for patients with life-limiting illness are often exposed to emotional distress.

Objectives: We aimed to explore the experiences and perceptions of junior doctors working full time in a palliative care rotation. We examined the lessons junior doctors learnt in managing their emotions as they face patients' death on a daily basis.

The informal curriculum: what do junior doctors learn from a palliative care rotation?

Objectives: Junior doctors learn from the formal and informal curriculum. In a palliative care rotation, the informal curriculum may be useful in teaching attitudes like empathy and compassion. Our study aims to explore how the informal curriculum augments the formal curriculum of a palliative care rotation in shaping the professional development of a doctor.

Value of the Palliative Performance Scale in the prognostication of advanced cancer patients in a tertiary care setting.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of the Palliative Performance Scale (PPSv2) in the palliative care unit of our hospital, which sees more than 1500 referrals a year (both inpatient and outpatient). We evaluated 356 admission episodes into our department, focusing mainly on patients with advanced cancer. The PPS has been shown to be useful in prognostication and this study confirms this in a fairly large study population in a tertiary care, teaching hospital.